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2. Cochlear implant - Wikipedia

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   A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted neuroprosthesis that provides a person who has moderate-to-profound sensorineural hearing loss with sound perception. With the help of therapy, cochlear implants may allow for improved speech understanding in both quiet and noisy environments.

3. What Do Cochlear Implants Cost If You Have Medicare? - AOL

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   Cochlear implant installation procedures in an ambulatory surgical center (outpatient facility) have an average cost of $558, which is covered by Medicare Part B. Out-of-pocket costs include ...

4. Management of hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   The NAD asserts that the choice to implant is up to the individual (or the parents), yet strongly advocates a fully informed decision in all aspects of a cochlear implant. Much of the negative reaction to cochlear implants stems from the medical viewpoint that deafness is a condition that needs to be "cured," while the Deaf community instead ...

5. Neurofibromatosis type II - Wikipedia

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   Cochlear implants will work only when the cochleovestibular nerve (8th nerve) and the cochlea are still functioning. In a study done with open-set speech perception testing and closed-set speech perception testing by Neff et al., they discovered that the use of cochlear implants with NF2 patients allowed significant improvement of hearing ...

6. Sensorineural hearing loss - Wikipedia

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   In cases of profound or total deafness, a cochlear implant is a specialised device that may restore a functional level of hearing. SNHL is at least partially preventable by avoiding environmental noise, ototoxic chemicals and drugs, and head trauma, and treating or inoculating against certain triggering diseases and conditions like meningitis .

7. Bone-anchored hearing aid - Wikipedia

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   A bone-anchored hearing aid (BAHA) [2] is a type of hearing aid based on bone conduction.It is primarily suited for people who have conductive hearing losses, unilateral hearing loss, single-sided deafness and people with mixed hearing losses who cannot otherwise wear 'in the ear' or 'behind the ear' hearing aids.